The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 80 Fruit Bread
After listening to Li Huaide's story, Liu Hua finally understood what was going on. He is now indeed famous. Modifying machine tools is one thing, and another thing is giving lectures to many technicians. Everyone says that this kid is amazing and will definitely be an engineer in the future. He is also proficient in mechanics and has a bright future.

There are many factories around Beijing, and most of them involve the use of machinery for production, but not every factory has skilled mechanical engineers or technicians.

Take a textile factory for example. They may have engineers, but they are definitely in the dyeing and weaving field. There are also technicians responsible for mechanical maintenance, but most of them are mediocre.

Therefore, once the machinery in the factory breaks down, they will seek help from other factories. For example, the technical strength of the steel rolling mill is relatively strong in the surrounding area, so it is often sought for help by other light industrial factories.

For example, Li Huaide has received three calls today, one from a food factory, a textile factory, and a paper factory, all of which asked Liu Hua to help.

The machines in these factories have more or less some old problems, the kind that can be fixed once but break down again after a few days. If I hadn't heard that Liu Hua is very knowledgeable, I might have asked him for help and maybe he could have fixed the problem completely. It's a good chance.

Li Huaide also knew what these people were thinking. Liu Hua was young and had never experienced this kind of overseas business trip. If the price was lower, it would be easier to fool them.

There is another reason. If Liu Hua can fix it, it means he is really capable and will definitely be an engineer in the future. It is better to build a good relationship with him now so that he can ask for help when there are problems in the future.

"A textile factory, a food factory, and a paper mill." Li Huaide said with a smile, "Which one do you want to go to first?"

"The leader has the final say." Liu Hua said with a smile: "I am just an errand boy. I go wherever the leader says to go."

"The food factory." Li Huaide said with a smile: "Yili, you should have heard that the fruit bread in their factory is good. I won't let you down when the time comes."

Uncle Yu Qian once said that no child in the old city in the 1970s and 1980s would forget Yili’s fruit bread. At that time, it was a luxury item for children on spring outings, and most families could not afford it.

"Okay." Liu Hua agreed casually: "When I come back, I'll bring you some fruit bread."

Li Huaide laughed loudly: "No need, you can keep it for yourself. He invited you out of kindness, so he must give us three or five boxes of fruit bread as a reward. Otherwise, I can't agree to it easily."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "Next time you receive a request for help from the Beijing Food Factory, I prefer the soda from the Arctic Ocean. It's best to go there in the summer. They used to be an ice factory, so they must have plenty of chilled soda."

"Okay." Li Huaide laughed: "I'll go ask in the summer."

The director of Yili specially sent his own car to pick up Liu Hua, which was an absolute courtesy. When he arrived at the Yili factory, the factory leaders greeted him at the door.

"Welcome, welcome." The leader of Yili Factory shook Liu Hua's hand enthusiastically and said, "This is Mr. Li's elite team. Mr. Liu, we invited you here today to help us do a comprehensive inspection of our production line."

Liu Hua didn't quite understand, and frowned as he asked, "Isn't there a problem?"

"There are always problems." The leader smiled and said, "This problem can be fixed once, but it will occur again after a while. It can never be completely eliminated, affecting production. Toothache is not a disease, but it can be fatal." Liu Hua nodded and said, "I understand, but I am not very knowledgeable and may not succeed. If I can't do it, please don't blame me."

"That's not possible." The factory manager smiled and said, "Go to my office first, have a cup of tea and take a rest, then I'll have someone take you to the workshop."

As the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. Liu Hua followed the factory manager, but he did not forget to ask: "Can you give me the blueprint of the production line?"

When the factory manager heard this request, he felt that Liu Hua was reliable. He looked at the problem from a global perspective, unlike the technicians he had hired before who only treated the symptoms.

After drinking two sips of tea and exchanging a few pleasantries in the factory director's office, the technician brought a thick stack of drawings, and Liu Hua immediately began to ask the technician for advice.

The factory director looked at Liu Hua with envy. He was not envious of Liu Hua, but of Li Huaide. Although they were not in the same department, he had heard about how Li Huaide got promoted. Who would not be envious of having such a capable subordinate?

After discussing with the technician for an hour, Liu Hua had someone take him to the workshop. After all, knowledge gained from books is shallow and one must practice it personally to truly understand whether there is a problem with the production line or not. Ultimately, he still needs to see the actual product to judge.

Most of the people on the production line are middle-aged women of my aunt's generation. Yili Bread has a history of over a hundred years. It moved here from Shanghai in the 1950s. Most of the employees here started working in the 1950s and have been working for eleven or twelve years now. Of course, there are also some young girls, but not many, because the older generation of employees have not yet reached retirement age.

The technicians from Yili introduced to Liu Hua the various problems that were prone to occur on the production line. These were stubborn problems that they were helpless to solve. They had consulted many experts, but no good remedies could be found.

This kind of thing really troubled Liu Hua. He wiped his face and said to the Yili technician with a smile: "Your leader really thinks highly of me. I'm new here and I really can't figure it out for a while."

The technician smiled and said, "I have a classmate who attended your training class before. He said that you have studied the machine tools thoroughly. Many of the problems were caused by reasons they did not expect. But through your explanation, they were able to figure it out. So our leader asked you to do a full inspection of the production line."

"It's difficult." Liu Hua shook his head: "It's not that simple. I have to analyze it carefully. It will probably take some time. Don't think I'm just wasting time."

"That's impossible." The technician said with a smile, "If these problems were not difficult, they would not have troubled us for so long. Our factory director has long been prepared for a protracted war. You can analyze them boldly. We will definitely treat you well with good food and drinks."

Liu Hua also asked the technicians to bring over the parts they had replaced before. Now there were no faults for him to analyze, so Liu Hua had an idea and prepared to reverse-engineer the cause of the fault based on the damage to the parts.

In this way, Liu Hua settled down in Yili. The Yili factory was very welcoming. He was served a special meal at noon that day. This treatment was already quite good. It was not like the grand banquets written in some novels. A technician did not deserve such treatment.

Of course, once Liu Hua has solved all the problems here, a big dinner with the leaders will be indispensable, because people should know how to be grateful.

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(End of this chapter)